Revel Gordon

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    • Executive Coaching
    • Team Coaching
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  • Article

    The
    Drama
    Triangle

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    There are few things more destructive to an organisation’s culture than a Drama Triangle.

  • Article

    The
    Big
    Shift

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    How to step up & ‘own’ executive roles.

  • Article

    Authentic
    Leadership

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    Effective leaders are authentic.

  • Article

    Leadership

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    The key differentiator for senior executives.

  • Article

    The Importance
    of Peer
    Relationships

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    And how to improve them.

  • Article

    Understanding
    Willpower

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    How to avoid letting ourselves down.

  • Article

    How to
    Sell Your
    Agenda

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    Things are different in the corporate world.

  • Article

    Keys to a
    Great Start
    as CIO

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    Congratulations! You’ve just won that Chief Information Officer role you always wanted. Now comes the critical part.

  • Article

    Happiness –
    a Grand Tour

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    With Harvard’s Tal Ben-Shahar.

  • Article

    Managing Up

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    Building an effective relationship with your boss & her peers.

  • Article

    Effective &
    Ethical Office
    Politics

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    How to ‘play the game’.

  • Article

    Hiring
    Without
    Bias

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    Whether conscious or unconscious, hiring bias is real.

  • Article

    Finding
    Purpose
    in Work

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    Are you building a wall or a cathedral?

  • Article

    The Growth
    of Team
    Coaching

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    Reflections from MC’ing the ICF Conference.

  • Reading

    The 7 Habits
    of Highly
    Effective
    People

    Stephen R. Covey

    You only have one life. Make the most of it.

  • Reading

    Authentic
    Happiness

    Seligman Martin

    The seminal work by the founder of Positive Psychology.

  • Reading

    Finding Flow

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

    How to live a fully engaged life.

  • Reading

    Gifts Differing

    Myers & Myers

    The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one world’s most widely-used ways to understand different personality types.

  • Reading

    How to
    Win Friends
    & Influence
    People

    Dale Carnegie

    The classic text on how to maximise interpersonal effectiveness.

  • Reading

    Lean In

    Sheryl Sandberg

    Required reading for female execs & those seeking to avoid unconscious bias.

  • Reading

    The Corporate
    Athlete

    Loehr & Schwartz

    How executives can achieve peak performance.

  • Reading

    Drive

    Dan Pink

    How to motivate your people.

  • Reading

    Cynefin

    Snowden & Boone

    A leader’s framework for decision making.

  • Reading

    The Five
    Dysfunctions
    of a Team

    Patrick Lencioni

    The definitive book on building high-performing teams.

  • Reading

    The Lean
    Startup

    Eric Ries

    Instant classic on continuous innovation & how to build a start-up.

  • Article

    Measuring
    Coaching
    Effectiveness

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    The 3-way conversation.

  • Article

    The
    Merit
    Trap

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    How hiring on ‘merit’ penalises women.

  • Article

    Sexist Stereotypes

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    What female execs can do to avoid them.

  • Article

    Protecting your Turf

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    Without looking defensive.

  • Article

    Leadership that Scales

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    What the best execs do differently.

  • Article

    Hard work
    is not enough

    REFLECTIONS FROM MARGARET JACKSON AC, BRENDON RILEY & JAMILA GORDON

    The unwritten guidelines to career success.

  • Instrument

    Building a Cohesive Team

    The 5 Behaviours of a Cohesive Team powered by DiSC.

  • Instrument

    Coaching with the Myers Briggs

    Using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator in coaching.

  • Instrument

    Gallup
    Strengths
    Finder 2.0

    Tom Rath

    Identify your unique combination of leadership strengths.

  • Reading

    Broaden
    & Build

    Barbara L. Frederickson

    How positivity leads to better business outcomes.

  • Reading

    What got you
    here, won’t
    get you there

    Marshall Goldsmith

    How to climb the last few rungs of the corporate ladder.

  • Reading

    The
    Second
    Machine
    Age

    Bryjolfsson & McAfee

    Work, progress & prosperity in a time of brilliant technology.

  • Article

    Perspective
    Taking
    Capacity

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    A critical leadership skill in today’s VUCA world.

  • Article

    Flex your Leadership Style

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    Adapting your leadership style to suit different situations.